During the Vintage of 1997, the Little family merged their wine business with the Kindred family's viticultural business also in Palmers Lane Pokolbin. Soon after, Christopher Cowper and Graeme Avery, who are associated with Sileni Wines in New Zealand, became investors along with associates of Peter Kende from Hong Kong. The Kindred family have been established in Pokolbin since 1965 with the vineyards being planted in the early 70's. The Kindred's as vigneron's have supplied grapes over the years to such wineries as Brokenwood, Tyrell's and Lakes Folly. The ability of Little's Wines to use grapes from the Kindred's well established vineyards had immediate success with the 1997 Semillon winning the Boutique Winemaker's Semillon Trophy.

Since the amalgamation, the awards have continually flowed, with all the awards coming from the Kindred's vineyards. These vineyards are replantings of vineyards from the old Daisy Hill winery, which was one of the most substantial wineries in the Hunter Valley, up until the mid 1950's. Daisy Hill winery won many awards with the most notable being a trophy from the Paris International Exhibition in the late 19th century.

Our neighbours are the Vintage Country Club at Pokolbin, which features a Greg Norman designed golf course and a residential development.

Vineyard News
Vineyard manager Dave has been carefully tending our vineyards for 19 years along with his wife Jeannie. Alan (6 years) also plays a large roll in the upkeep of the vineyards and grounds and it's all hands on deck at harvest time (late January - March) when we use a combination of machine and hand harvesting methods.

On our 30 hectares of vineyards we grow six varieties (3 red, 3 white) and use semi-organic viticultural practices with experimental mulching under vines and a permanent sward between the dripper-irrigated rows. With the use of seaweed organic fertilizer and good rains the 2008 crop looks promising with the 2007 being the best since 2000.

Cellar Door
Christine (14 years service), Sandra (7 years) and Jenny (17 years) all wear different caps when the need arises, and welcome visitors at the Cellar Door. All girls have their RSA certificates for Cellar Door and are equally adept with the running of the office, cellar door and dispatching of wine.

You can explore our currently available range of wines here on our website. Order by phone or e-mail, or come and visit us in the beautiful Hunter Valley.

Export News
We now send regular shipments of our wines to Gogan Wine Imports in Germany who is our exclusive distributor and importer for Europe.

We are also shipping to Koichi in Japan and to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.